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Denis Sampson explores John McGahern's discovery of art as a young man and traces the development of his signature vision and style. Sampson considers McGahern's early efforts as an apprentice novelist and weaves the inner story of the composition of his acclaimed first novel The Barracks into a narrative of imaginative formation.

Authors, Irish --- McGahern, John, --- MacGahern, John

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This volume brings together contributions from a variety of disciplines to address the writer's legacy and literary achievements. Essays on previously unexplored topics and reflective pieces on McGahern as a writer illuminate his body of work in new and challenging ways, expanding the boundaries of the McGahern debate.

McGahern, John, --- MacGahern, John --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Literature. --- Belles-lettres --- Western literature (Western countries) --- World literature --- Philology --- Authors --- Authorship --- McGahern, John --- Literature --- Literary Studies: Fiction, Novelists & Prose Writers --- LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh --- Biography: literary --- Denis Sampson. --- Irish themes. --- John McGahern. --- afterlife. --- compassion. --- disillusionment. --- evil. --- family experience. --- human propensity. --- identity shaping. --- liberal education. --- openness. --- personality through language. --- physical landscape. --- resentment. --- revolutionary memories. --- strangeness. --- vision of education.